In case it wasn’t clear - the harassment that happened wasn’t and isn’t forgivable, regardless of age
- my friends totally unrelated to this situation got dragged into it and sent threatening msgs, emails, etc
- I was sent THEIR selfies with threats like “we found you”
- They made incredibly invasive, disturbing, sexual assault threats + fatshaming comments about my spouse that he ended up seeing (he likes to check my twitter now and again)
I’m fine with ppl dragging ME as an individual but it was hard to endure this impacting ppl I care about
Fairly certain there are still ppl who are desperately trying to doxx me, which I would think is like, whatever, except they keep getting the wrong people and sending THEM threats and it’s just so abhorrent
So yeah it’s not just a matter of “ignore the 13 year olds.” It’s a semi-organized harassment that embroiled completely unrelated folks into it. For the sole reason that they’re my friends.
I did laugh this morning bc there were death threats and then there was this one person who said “get a migraine!” and it was kinda cute in the context of all the death threats
Anyway I think there are times when I breathe deeply and think I should be The Adult in the situation but there are also times when I give myself permission to respond in pain and anger (and humor!) because at the end of the day? This is not my fault.
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Back in the US today btw where defamation laws are QUITE different 💅🏻
The response from Clien, after JTBC sent a “we will sue you if you keep saying mean things” statement
I’m actually curious how they think this will play out for them if they follow through. The cognitive dissonance between “we have freedom of expression!” and “we will sue you if you criticize!” cannot be lost upon them, surely?
An actual North Korean spy story that gets deserved to be made into a TV show/movie: the story of Muhammad Kansu, AKA Jeong Soo-il
Jeong (affectionately called Prof. Kansu) was an ethnic Korean-Chinese man who was born to ethnic Korean parents in Manchuria and later attained North Korean citizenship in ‘63. He was trained as a spy in the late 1970s.
He first went to Beirut, Lebanon, to launder his identity and attain Lebanese citizenship, and after much travelling (Tunisia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea) he managed to create an identity as a half Lebanese, half Filipino researcher who could safely enter South Korea.
The law does not decide whether something is historical distortion, or offensive, or stupid, or insensitive.
The law simply guarantees FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION because South Korea is a fucking democracy.
The same people who declared “The Blue House personally approved this drama” are also the ones saying “we won” because a court ruled that a broadcast station is allowed to broadcast their drama
I’m sorry do you WANT South Korea to become an authoritarian state again??
I mean I guess that’s why y’all are supporting this drama so hard, because the idea of South Korea sliding back into authoritarian rule is so ✨aesthetic✨ or something for you?????
Excerpt from longform article on Snowdrop
“One person who identified themselves as a production staff fir Snowdrop said, “the drama is made with the perception that ppl at the NSA/ANSP were also normal people.””
“There is some satire about the government regime of the time, but they’re not portrayed as very bad people. In the latter part of the drama there’s some story related to the red scare manipulation incident, but the drama doesn’t have a strongly negative view of the NSA/ANSP.”
The thing is - I actually believe you can make a media work about the humanity of people who worked for the NSA/ANSP/police at this time. PEPPERMINT CANDY is one example.
But in order to do it, I also believe you have to have a very, very clear understanding of history.